Bennies Give Back

"Saint Ben's unlocked the door..."

Sarah Halverson Jansen '02

"I really can't put a dollar value on what my Saint Ben's experience meant to me. My years on campus as a student were incredibly precious, but the lasting relationships I have with professors, the sisters and my classmates make it impossible not to give back to the place that made it all possible. I appreciate the college and what she gives back to me now even more than I appreciated the experience as a student. I could never have afforded to attend Saint Ben's without the scholarships that I was granted each year, so now I feel compelled to "pay forward" those scholarships so that another young woman can make the Saint Ben's dream a reality. And I work for a matching gift company, so my gift makes double the difference!

Saint Ben's unlocked the door for many new experiences in my life. Global travel, volunteer service and spiritual intentionality are no longer in the background of my mind but instead live vibrantly in the foreground of my days. My family gave me a solid foundation for who I was and who I could become, and Saint Ben's helped me to say YES to living a bigger, bolder life."